LIVE from the White House Maker Faire
Introducing The Grommet Wholesale: At The White House Maker Faire today! Today, in conjunction with President Obama at the first ever White House Maker Faire, we…
3 Character Traits to Look for in Your Next Hire
This piece was originally published in Inc.com In the five years since we started The Grommet, my co-founder and I have interviewed every finalist for a…
Real Deal Road Trip No. 15: The Ponzi House
Being in our final three weeks of living in Lexington, Massachusetts my husband and I seized a golden opportunity to tour the Charles Ponzi (of Ponzi Scheme…
Mother, (don’t) leave those kids alone.
Since we sold our suburban house and started disassembling it for the upcoming move to smaller quarters, I’ve been handling virtually all our possessions. In the…
Can Design Save Silicon Valley?
This post was originally published in the Harvard Business Review. The tech titans of Silicon Valley are actively circling the strategic value of design.…
The first challenge after a promotion? Bumping yourself upstairs.
This post was originally published on Inc.com As CEO of a company that grew 450% last year, I often think about creating resiliency at The Grommet. With…
The “Older” Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon
This piece was originally posted in the Harvard Business Review. In the early days of founding my current company, The Grommet, I met with a prominent venture capitalist.…
Best entrepreneur pitches I ever saw. Bonus: they were pitching Warren Buffett!
A highlight of 2013 was being named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. Most of the programming at the event focussed on the big name…
Breaking into the VC circle: a tough but necessary step for women and minorities
This piece was originally published in Inc.com In my role as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Harvard Business School, I recently participated in a “showcase”…
Real Deal Road Trip #14: Visiting Japanese Ryokan
There’s a risk to writing publicly about a foreign country based on a short stay or vacation. I once learned that the hard way after I…
Jules Pieri 